I find the wines from Moravia's Jaroslav Tesařík and his 1.5 hectares compelling and fresh. This is a field blend from a 30-year-old unpruned vineyard. This cloudy wine has two... read more →
The winemaker Yossi Zakon has been in the winemaking business since 1981, very rare for a rabbi who lives in the Lubavitcher community of Crown Heights. He always wanted to... read more →
Valentina Passalacqua has a lot of hectares—something like 60—in Puglia but when she noticed that the wines from her limestone terroir showed a more pronounced salinity she decided to birth... read more →
Young Milan Nestarec of Moravia is an It Boy around the natural wine globe. He’s essential to the crazy Slo/Czech crowd. Sometimes I worry that he’s lost focus, with too... read more →
If you’ve been waiting patiently for the Lopez de Heredia rosé to return, drink this to whet that barrel-aged rosé whistle. Domaine Tatsis has the balls to age up a... read more →
So, remember last month’s Atlantic wines? Here is the red wine equivalent. Roberto Santana made this from ancient grapes growing right out of the rocks overlooking the Atlantic ocean. Foot... read more →
Another knockout Piedi Grandi from Hankster. The grapes, as usual, come from the local Sumu Kaw vineyard that sits at 3000 feet of elevation on volcanic loam soils. Hank’s choice... read more →
When in Valtellina in 2019 I met a man named Marco Ferrari at Ar.Pe.Pe. He had worked with Franck Balthazar in Cornas and was looking forward to making wine on... read more →
I don’t think Ferdinando Principiano can ever disappoint me. I suppose if the price doubled, that could do it, but meanwhile he gives an elegant, expressive, delicious Barolo at a... read more →
I met Matteo, one of the partners involved with this extreme project, on the alternative nebbiolo wine tour in 2020. The reclamation of heroic steep vineyards—they look like Roman ruins—was... read more →